BLDR · Builders FirstSource Inc
Price
Snapshot
50 fields · last close| Market Cap | $6.25B |
| P/E | 60.98 |
| Float | 104.4M |
| Beta | 1.44 |
| Volatility | 36.0% |
| Exchange | NYSE |
| Sector | Building |
| Cap tier | Mid cap |
| Macro sensitivity | High |
| Clavix score | 60 |
| Price | 58.35 |
| Change | +0.40% |
| Prev Close | 58.12 |
| Open | 57.27 |
| Day Low | 56.56 |
| Day High | 58.91 |
| Avg Vol | 5 |
| Avg $ Vol | $302.2M |
| 52W High | 131.62 |
| 52W Low | 56.56 |
| 52W Pos | 2.4% |
| From High | −55.67% |
| From Low | +3.16% |
| Max DD 1Y | −55.47% |
| Spread | 0.10% |
| Liquidity | Normal |
| SMA 20 | −8.46% |
| SMA 50 | −15.39% |
| SMA 200 | −33.71% |
| RSI (14) | 32.7 |
| Vol 30D | 45.8% |
| Vol 90D | 54.3% |
| 1Y Range | 57–132 |
| Daily bars | 864 |
| Perf Week | −3.73% |
| Perf Month | −19.89% |
| Perf Quarter | −27.88% |
| Perf Half Y | −28.44% |
| Perf Year | −54.92% |
| Perf YTD | −44.23% |
| Prev Day | +0.40% |
| Clavix | C |
| Debt / Eq | 0.09 |
| Curr Ratio | 1.86 |
| Int Cover | 1.5× |
| FCF Margin | 5.6% |
| Rev Growth | −0.1% |
| Profit | Profitable |
| Leverage | Moderate |
| Sector rank | 13 / 15 |
What BLDR does
Builders FirstSource, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides building materials for professional builders in new residential construction and repair, and remodeling in the United States.
It offers manufactured products, such as factory-built substitutes for job-site framing, wood floor and roof trusses, wall panels, and engineered wood; Ready-Frame, a whole house framing solution; manufactured and semi-custom modular homes, and built in a temperature-controlled facility under its Pine Grove Homes and Pleasant Valley Homes brand names; manufactured housing plans including ranch, community, and single-section homes; manufacturing, assembly, and distribution of windows; and the assembly and distribution of interior and exterior door units.
The company also provides millwork, including interior trim and custom features under the Synboard brand name; specialty building products and services comprising vinyl, composite and wood siding, exterior trim, metal studs, cement, roofing, insulation, wallboard, ceilings, cabinets, and hardware; turn-key framing, shell construction, design assistance, and professional installation of products.
In addition, it offers drafting, estimating, quoting, and virtual home design services to retailers, distributors, manufacturers, and homebuilders; dimensional lumber, plywood, and oriented strand board products used in on-site house framing.
The company was formerly known as BSL Holdings, Inc. and changed its name to Builders FirstSource, Inc. in October 1999.
Builders FirstSource, Inc. was incorporated in 1998 and is based in Irving, Texas.
Clavix risk grade
regraded every trading dayBLDR grades C, 60 of 100. Steadiest on News Sentiment (68), most exposed on Sector Resilience (44, fragile). 0 of the 4 weighted dimensions sit above the Building median. Ranks 13 of 15 in Building by Clavix score.
How rough the ride is
| BLDR | Building median | |
|---|---|---|
| Betavs the overall market · lower is steadier | 1.44 | 1.27 |
| Volatilityannualized | 36.0% | 31.7% |
| Max drawdown, past yearworst peak-to-trough fall | −55.5% | — |
| Typical daily movemedian absolute daily change | 1.96% | — |
| Days beyond ±3%of the last 252 sessions | 8132% | — |
How its days are spread
Daily returns over the last 252 sessions in 1% bins. Moves beyond ±6% land in the end bins.
52-week range
The bar runs from the lowest to the highest close of the last 252 sessions; the marker is the latest close.
Drawdown from the 1-year peak
Percent below the running high over the last 12 months. Zero is a fresh high.
Market sensitivity
| BLDR | Building median | |
|---|---|---|
| Beta to the markethow much it swings with the S&P 500 · lower is safer | 1.44 | 1.27 |
| Macro sensitivityrate, dollar and credit exposure bucket | High | High47% of 15 |
Where it sits on the macro scale
Low means rates, the dollar and credit spreads barely move it. Very High means they drive a large share of its swings. The counts are how many Building names sit in each bucket.
Where it ranks in its sector
Rank by Clavix score within the sector. Right is the top of the sector.
Price performance
| BLDR | |
|---|---|
| 1 week | −3.7% |
| 1 month | −19.9% |
| Year to date | −44.2% |
| 1 year | −54.9% |
Context for the rank, not itself a risk measure.
Recent coverage, scored
| BLDR | |
|---|---|
| Articles scoredthe most recent scored coverage, up to 30 | 30since 31 Jul |
| Average score0 most bearish, 100 most bullish | 53 |
| Bullish · bearisharticles above 60 · below 40 | 18 · 11 |
| Directionarticles whose tone is improving vs worsening | 18 ↑ 11 ↓ |
Where the article scores land
Each bar is a 10-point band of article scores. Below 40 reads bearish, above 60 bullish.
Balance sheet, against the sector
The shaded band is the middle half of the 15 Building names Clavix covers; the tick is the sector median.
Growth
| BLDR | |
|---|---|
| Revenue growthyear over year | −0.1% |
Financial Health is shown but does not count toward the grade. Why
0–100, higher is safer. The tick on each bar is the Building median. Click a dimension for the evidence behind it. Financial Health is shown but does not count toward the grade.
Recent news
most recent scored articles · the chip is the article’s score · click to openBuilders FirstSource (BLDR) reported flat sales as end-market pressures weighed on demand, while the cash it keeps from operations shrank and it needed to spend more on buildings and equipment relative to revenue. The article frames these trends as a potential break from BLDR's previously stronger profitability pattern.
Jim Cramer told a Mad Money caller he would not buy Builders FirstSource (BLDR), saying his Charitable Trust was already being hurt by Home Depot. The article also details BLDR's Q2 results: net sales of $3.86 billion, down 8.8% year-over-year, gross margins falling 260 basis points to 28.1%, and adjusted EBITDA dropping 34.9% to $329.3 million.
Builders FirstSource (BLDR) acquired Gleckler and Sons Contracting and Gleckler and Sons Building Supplies, a family-owned Florida supplier and framing contractor, on September 1. The deal adds residential framing labor, roof and floor trusses, doors, millwork, and other building products across central, northeast, and western Florida. Separately, BLDR recently led a $25.3 million funding round in construction tech firm Digs and reported Q2 2026 sales of $3.86 billion, down 8.8% from a year earlier amid weaker housing starts.
S&P Dow Jones Indices announced that Builders FirstSource (BLDR) will be removed from the S&P 500 effective September 21, as Bloom Energy, Illumina, and Everpure are added to the index. The article primarily focuses on Bloom Energy's inclusion and stock surge.
Builders FirstSource has acquired Gleckler & Sons Construction and Gleckler & Sons Building Supplies, adding 11 locations across central, northeast, and western Florida that serve homebuilder customers with residential framing, roof and floor trusses, exterior doors, millwork, and other building materials.
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